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The typical loan term for Japanese homes was 20 years, with a 35% down payment, while in the United States it was 30 years and 25%, due to differing practices in their financial markets. In 1973, according to one study, 65% of the population of Japan lived in detached houses, while 12% lived in attached houses and 23% in a flat or apartment. [10]
Minka (Japanese: 民家, lit. "folk houses") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society, Minka were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). [1]
Japanese houses have had fittings to protect them from the wind and rain since ancient times, such as ancient shitomi and medieval mairado. [2] It was in the latter half of the 16th century that fittings named "Amato" began to appear in construction instructions, and the first one is said to be the Great Hall of Jurakudai, which was completed in 1587. [2]
Genkan are traditional Japanese entryway areas for a house, apartment, or building, a combination of a porch and a doormat. [1] It is usually located inside the building directly in front of the door. The primary function of genkan is for the removal of shoes before entering the main part of the house or building.
The Jutaku phenomenon rose in the 1990s as Japan's real estate sites grew increasingly smaller, both from the Japanese inheritance system and the island's growing population. [2] [1] According to the architect Kengo Kuma, the first traces of Jutaku appear in the writings of the poet Kamo no Chōmei and the description of his own small house. [3]
The Japanese government also invited foreign architects to both work in Japan and teach new Japanese architects. One of these, the British architect Josiah Conder [ ja ] went on to train many of the most prominent of the Japanese Meiji era architects, including Kingo Tatsuno , Tatsuzō Sone and Tokuma Katayama .
Plan of an Edo nagaya neighbourhood; houses range from 4.5 to 16 tatami in area (visible in full-scale view) Old depiction of a nagaya. Nagaya (長屋, lit. ' longhouse ') is a type of Japanese rowhouse that was typical during the Edo period (1603–1868). [1]
Shoin-zukuri (Japanese: 書院造, 'study room architecture') is a style of Japanese architecture developed in the Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods that forms the basis of today's traditional-style Japanese houses.